Durban radio announcer Damon Beard urged South Africans to listen in to his breakfast show on Thursday morning because “you could be the 1 in 100 000 person we’re looking for”. A KwaZulu-Natal mother Nicole Dry, who only today received “the news we were hoping not to receive ?” – that her son Ashton has […]

When it’s loadshedding time in South Africa – South Africans turn to humour to ‘lighten’ the dismal Eskom situation! Here are some of the most popular load shedding jokes currently going viral: https://www.facebook.com/madamandevecartoon/photos/a.321074617940596/1976046595776715/?type=3&theater Check out top tips to survive loadshedding by Canadian expat Phil Maloney from Maple & Marula

An incredibly hard-working and humble Home Affairs (DHA) office worker – Nosipho Mkhupheka – was thrown into the spotlight again today as South Africans everywhere have celebrated her work ethic and care and concern for fellow citizens. The Minister of Home Affairs himself, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, paid an unannounced visit to Scottburgh Home Affairs on Monday […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says 70% of all the proceeds raised from the annual Presidential Golf Challenge will be spent on a national campaign to eradicate pit latrines at schools. The President made the announcement at the Presidential Golf Challenge gala dinner at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday. “The Cyril Ramaphosa […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today confirmed that one of the fixed wing aircrafts went down in the Kingfisherspruit section of the Kruger National Park (KNP) this afternoon, 09 February 2019 while in pursuit of suspected poachers. The aircraft, a Foxbat Bantam was on an anti-poaching mission when the accident happened. Details are still sketchy […]

An official at the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in South Africa is being celebrated on social media for going the extra mile to ensure her job is done, and her customers’ needs are met! The wonderful work by Nosipho Mkhupheka was praised on social media on Friday by Marius Botha, a former National Prosecuting […]

Dressed to the nines, Members of Parliament and guests used the 2019 State of the Nation Address (SONA) red carpet to champion various causes. https://www.facebook.com/DemocraticAlliance/photos/a.412609998110/10156271152138111/ DA leader Mmusi Maimane and his wife Natalie Maimane complimented each other well with the leader of the blue party not disappointing and sticking to party colours. Natalie Maimane looked […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday night that South Africans will go to the polls for the sixth general elections on May 8. “This is an opportunity for our people to exercise their hard-won right to determine the direction of this country,” the President said in a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, whilst […]

David Miller gave a renowned exhibition of his power hitting game and Babar Azam responded with a batting master class of the highest quality as the Proteas and Pakistan produced another white ball special at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Sunday that will long be remembered. Miller celebrated his captaincy debut by being named Man […]

An advantage of book auction sales is that they renew the stream of collectable books coming onto the market and give a fresh spurt to book collecting. New book collectors are encouraged to join the book community. Old book collectors have the opportunity to acquire that elusive appealing title on the wish list… writes Kathy […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the families and friends of the three young South Africans who died at their school – Driehoek High School in Vanderbijlpark – in Gauteng yesterday. He also wished the 23 injured learners a speedy recovery following the tragedy yesterday where part of the school infrastructure – […]

Watch Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius Malema at the EFF Manifesto Launch on Saturday in Pretoria. He has said: “We don’t want blood. Blood will not ever make the EFF government… we don’t need war… we need the cross… “Let’s paint Gauteng red. South Africa must be red. Every Friday we wear red until the […]

There are some very happy farmers in the Northern Cape this week as they’ve experienced some rain. Watch below as farmer Dirk Croucamp celebrates in his own unique way! Michelle Croucamp Nelson posted the video on Wednesday evening saying: Met ‘n tiener dogter en ‘n altyd bok vir sports pa, het ons vandag ‘n nuwe […]

JOHANNESBURG – A settlement offered by South African mobile telecoms provider Vodacom to a former employee drew tens of protesters on Thursday calling for a better deal. Vodacom was ordered in 2016 by the country’s top court to pay Nkosana Makate for his role in creating the company’s call-back messaging service. The Constitutional Court did […]

A BBC documentary – ‘Saving Jesus’ – which aired on Monday, highlights the struggle so many South Africans have with a drug cocktail called nyaope, otherwise known as whoonga or wunga. The heroin-based drug is destroying young lives in SA’s townships, says the BBC. Sometimes killing them. The drug is often mixed with antiretroviral medication or […]

Gratitude and praise has poured in for Cape Town’s firefighters who spent last night risking their own lives to protect those of local residents, as fire blazed on both sides of South Africa’s iconic Lion’s Head in the Western Cape. https://www.facebook.com/wofire/photos/a.938498356220802/2420209334716356/ Those who watched through their windows, and through the smoke, spoke of the firefighters’ […]

An out of control fire is heading down the mountain towards Sea Point, according to witnesses in the Western Cape, South Africa. However Table Mountain National Park’s Philip Prins confirmed although the fire is ongoing and not contained, there is no immediate threat to infrastructure. In a video post a few minutes ago he said […]

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader, Mmusi Maimane, will tomorrow announce a set of immediate interventions the DA will pursue in order, it says, to resolve the current crisis occurring in Zimbabwe… because, they say, so far South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government have failed to show leadership and intervene in what has now become […]

A 19-year-old teenager was tragically killed by lightning in Gauteng, South Africa, on Saturday late afternoon. A younger teen, who was reportedly sitting beside him under a tree, was also struck and is recovering in hospital. According to NSRI Gauteng Station Commander, Gerhard Potgieter, the tragic incident occurred yesterday at around 17h00 during a National […]

South Africa’s war on corruption is picking up speed. But will anyone go to jail? South Africa’s latest pursuit of truth has gone up a gear as it enters a new phase in which the stakes are raised for all the protagonists. After a slow start last year, a judicial commission of inquiry into state […]

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared Zimbabwe’s internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi a national hero on Thursday, granting him a status following his death yesterday this is normally reserved for ruling party elites and independence veterans only. Mtukudzi (66) – affectionately known as “Tuku” – died at a local clinic on Wednesday from diabetes, ending […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged all South African citizens living abroad to register to vote in the National Elections later this year. In a video broadcast on Wednesday, he announced a special weekend that has been set aside for SA expats to register. (Watch below.) The special weekend for voters abroad to register is Friday […]

This is Cape Town…  whether you want to indulge in amazing food and drink, culture, street art or hiking, mountains or ocean: it is an award-winning city that has it all. Here’s a brief glimpse of what you’re missing if you’re not in the Mother City right now! The video was filmed by Clara Gig […]

Zimbabwe’s most successful and internationally renowned musician Oliver Mtukudzi died on Wednesday after suffering from diabetes, ending a career that spanned four decades and 67 albums. Zimbabwean publisher of Africapedia, Charles Onyango-Obbo also pointed out that the legendary Mtukudzi has passed away on the same date as South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela, who died […]

South African expat Andre Mayer Hanekom has tragically died whilst being held prisoner in Mozambique, a country he and his family had called home for the past 26 years. His daughter Amanda announced this morning on Facebook: My dad died early this morning in mysterious circumstances in the hospital in Pemba. His court case was […]